{"id":147,"date":"2016-02-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2016\/2016\/02\/10\/headcount-talks-politics-and-music-with-new-hampshire-voters\/"},"modified":"2016-02-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-02-10T00:00:00","slug":"headcount-talks-politics-and-music-with-new-hampshire-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2016\/2016\/02\/10\/headcount-talks-politics-and-music-with-new-hampshire-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"HeadCount Talks Politics and Music with New Hampshire Voters"},"content":{"rendered":"

HeadCount<\/a> headed to New Hampshire prior to yesterday’s primary to discover\u00a0young voters’ favorite candidates and musical preferences. The organization\u00a0interviewed volunteers for the various campaigns, rally attendees and people still shopping for a candidate.<\/p>\n

\"\"Music and politics have a long history together. Woody Guthrie wrote songs promoting populism and socialist viewpoints, particularly with “This Land is Your Land.” The civil rights movement adopted “We Shall Overcome” as their chant. The ’60s saw war protest songs being written by popular rock and folk artists. Punk music took an anti-establishment swing.<\/p>\n

So, it’s no wonder that HeadCount<\/a>, which has become pervasive at concerts helping attendees register to vote, would ask those they interviewed about their favorite music. The last question they asked was, “If you could pick any artist to rewrite the national anthem, who would it be?” (The final answer might\u00a0surprise and\/or delight some of our readers.) HeadCount\u00a0also managed to catch Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz walking by and asked him about his favorite music. Sadly, he did not respond and simply kept walking.<\/p>\n

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The biggest takeaway from this video is that you cannot determine who a person might support based on their looks, occupation or musical preferences.<\/p>\n

The most glaring omission from the video is a lack of any Hillary Clinton supporters. HeadCount said that they reached out to the campaign and even visited their New Hampshire office, but the Democratic candidate’s campaign\u00a0chose not to participate.<\/p>\n

The video (included below) was filmed prior to yesterday’s primary and catches the voters’ excitement for the process. Now that the primary has ended, we have the results. In the Republican primary, with 95 percent of precincts reporting, Donald Trump won with 35.3 percent of the vote. John Kasich came in second with 15.8 percent. Ted Cruz and Jeb Bush are in a virtual tie for third with 11.7 percent and 11 percent, respectively. In the Democratic primary, also with 95 percent of precincts reporting, Bernie Sanders won with 60 percent of the vote, while Hillary Clinton received 38.3 percent.<\/p>\n

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